As part of its expansion of the types of theater produced by The Baltimore Playwrights Festival, BPF will present The Grotto, originally presented as a staged reading by John Bavoso.
The Grotto was also presented at Spotlighters as Fag Gods, directed by Timoth David Copney.
This production will be directed by BPF board member Ta’Von Vinson.
After being ousted from Mt. Olympus by his children/fellow deities for being a PR nightmare, a modern-day Zeus finds a kindred spirit in Sissy Fuss, the ferociously stubborn proprietress of a Greek mythology-obsessed drag club in Athens, GA. While they’re hiding away from the world, Zeus’s children begin inserting themselves in the affairs of the Drag Queens left floundering in the wake of their fearless leader’s departure. Can Sissy and the rest of her house make amends and find the divinity within themselves to stand up to their immortal interlopers before their chosen family is torn apart?
The cast includes:
Sir Bearus – Louisa Davis (they/them)
Daddy Lust – Jeny Dalrymple (she/her)
Peggy Sis – Ricky Rich (he/him)
Anne Brosia –Kamau Harvey-Davis (he/him)
Demi Go-Go’s (Tragedy) –Tyshawna Simmons (she/her)
(Comedy) –Micheal Wills (he/him)
Aphrodite – Paris (she/her)
Hermes – Abraham Williams (he/him)
Zeus – Christopher Reed (he/him)
Athena –Terena McLorn (she/her)
Apollo – Ha’Zel (he/him)
Sissy Fuss – TaVon Vinson (he/him)
The Grotto will be performed at the Zion Church of the City of Baltimore, 400 E. Lexington Street. Baltimore MD 21202. It will run from Thursday, July 24 through Sunday, July 27.
Curtain times for Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be 8 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday. There will be a talkback session after the Sunday performance.
Tickets for The Grotto can be purchased at:
This event is supported by Mayor Brandon Scott and the City of Baltimore, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Creative Baltimore Fund.
Join us for a rollicking good time. You will want to tell all your friends!
